Grub help needed
Ralph DeWitt
ralphdewitt at tampabay.rr.com
Thu Dec 18 12:01:41 UTC 2008
On Wednesday 17 December 2008 18:06:58 Willy K. Hamra wrote:
> Ralph DeWitt wrote:
> > Hi all:
> > I have just done a dual boot install of Kubuntu 8.10 on a Compaq
> > Presisario (sp). The install went without problem. The problem is that it
> > will not boot into Windows. I went thru a trouble shooting guide and it
> > still will not boot into windows. Can someone help? Thanks
>
> can you please post the contents of ur /boot/grub/menu.lst file?
> not all the file, mind you, just the last parts of it, the automagic
> kernel list, and what comes after it.
Willy:
here is the portion of the file you requested.
## ## End Default Options ##
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic
uuid b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-e9909366c9ea
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-
e9909366c9ea ro quiet splash
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic (recovery mode)
uuid b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-e9909366c9ea
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-
e9909366c9ea ro single
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-e9909366c9ea
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-
e9909366c9ea ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-e9909366c9ea
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-
e9909366c9ea ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid b72ba4f3-cab7-4afa-8b74-e9909366c9ea
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
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Ralph.
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